Category Archives: Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, London, England

Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Rotherhithe commemorating Lee Boo d. 1784

Location

St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, London, England

Transcript

'IN THE ADJACENT CHURCHYARD LIES THE BODY OF / PRINCE LEE BOO / SON OF ABBA THULLE, RUPACK OF KING OF THE ISLAND / COOROORAA, ONE OF THE PELEW OR PALOS ISLANDS; / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE HOUSE OF / CAPTAIN HENRY WILSON IN PARADISE ROW IN THIS PARISH / ON THE 27 DAY OF DECEMBER 1784 AGED 20 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA IN COUNCIL / TO KEEP ALIVE THE MEMORY OF THE HUMANE TREATMENT, SHEWN BY THE NATIVES TO THE CREW OF THE HONOURABLE / EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SHIP 'ANTELOPE' WHICH WAS WRECKED / OFF THE ISLAND OF COOROORAA ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST 1783 / "THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE SHOWED US NO LITTLE KINDNESS" ACTS XXVIII, 2 / 1892'

Details

Description: Husk swags below the inscription.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall of interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HEIC Antelope

People

Lee Boo, Lee Boo
Age: 20
Date of Death: 27/12/1784
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN THE ADJACENT CHURCHYARD LIES THE BODY OF / PRINCE LEE BOO / SON OF ABBA THULLE, RUPACK OF KING OF THE ISLAND / COOROORAA, ONE OF THE PELEW OR PALOS ISLANDS; / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE HOUSE OF / CAPTAIN HENRY WILSON IN PARADISE ROW IN THIS PARISH / ON THE 27 DAY OF DECEMBER 1784 AGED 20 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA IN COUNCIL / TO KEEP ALIVE THE MEMORY OF THE HUMANE TREATMENT, SHEWN BY THE NATIVES TO THE CREW OF THE HONOURABLE / EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SHIP 'ANTELOPE' WHICH WAS WRECKED / OFF THE ISLAND OF COOROORAA ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST 1783 / \"THE BARBAROUS PEOPLE SHOWED US NO LITTLE KINDNESS\" ACTS XXVIII, 2 / 1892'",
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    "position": "North wall of interior",
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Vessel Loss

Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales

Chest tomb at Llandaff Cathedral commemorating Robert Snowdon Osborn d. 1916 in the loss of the ‘Reindeer’

Location

Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving memory / of/ Robert Snowdon Osbon / Master Mariner / who lost his life through / the / foundering of the S.S. Reindeer / on the 19th November 1916 / Aged 64 years / Pax Domini Sit Semper Vobiscum/ And of his daughter / Blanche / beloved wife of / Ivor J Thomas / Died September 23rd 1954 / Requiescant in Pace / Also in loved memory of / Ivor John Thomas / beloved husband of / Blanche Thomas / who died January 18th 1959 / Aged 69 years / May they have found peace and / happiness together.'

Details

Description: A design of a sinking ship on the side of the tomb, and an anchor at the foot.
Type: Chest tomb
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS 'Reindeer'

People

Osborn, Robert Snowdon
Age: 64
Date of Death: 19/11/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In / loving memory / of/ Robert Snowdon Osbon / Master Mariner / who lost his life through / the / foundering of the S.S. Reindeer / on the 19th November 1916 / Aged 64 years / Pax Domini Sit Semper Vobiscum/ And of his daughter / Blanche / beloved wife of / Ivor J Thomas / Died September 23rd 1954 / Requiescant in Pace / Also in loved memory of / Ivor John Thomas / beloved husband of / Blanche Thomas / who died January 18th 1959 / Aged 69 years / May they have found peace and / happiness together.'",
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Emigration, Vessel Loss

Church of St John the Evangelist, Ryhall, Rutland, England

Headstone at Church of St John the Evangelist, Ryhall, Rutland commemorating John Cornelius Morley d. 1866 in the loss of the SS ‘London’

Location

Church of St John the Evangelist, Ryhall, Rutland, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of John Morley who died 24 October 1865 aged 76 years. The grass withereth the flower fadeth yet the word of the Lord endureth for ever. Also in affectionate remembrance of John Cornelius son of the above aged 54 years who lost his life with 219 others in the steam ship London on her passage to Australia January 11 1866. Thy way is in the sea and thy path in the great waters and thy footsteps are not known'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: South east side of church near path
Vessel: SS London

People

Morley, John Cornelius
Age: 54
Date of Death: 11/1/1866
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: unknown
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: SS 'London' foundered in bad weather in the Bay of Biscay.
Recorder: Judith Mitchell

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of John Morley who died 24 October 1865 aged 76 years. The grass withereth the flower fadeth yet the word of the Lord endureth for ever. Also in affectionate remembrance of John Cornelius son of the above aged 54 years who lost his life with 219 others in the steam ship London on her passage to Australia January 11 1866. Thy way is in the sea and thy path in the great waters and thy footsteps are not known'",
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  "extra": {
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Vessel Loss

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Charles Philip Bain d. 1881

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Cecilla Phillips, who departed this life 1st February 1882, aged 66 years. Also of CHARLES PHILLIP BAIN, grandson of the above, lost at sea in the ship 'LORD STRATHNAIRN' January 1881, aged 26 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: Lord Strathnairn

People

Bain, Charles Phillip
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In loving memory of Cecilla Phillips, who departed this life 1st February 1882, aged 66 years. Also of CHARLES PHILLIP BAIN, grandson of the above, lost at sea in the ship 'LORD STRATHNAIRN' January 1881, aged 26 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Charles Philip Bain d. 1881</p>",
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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset, England

Wall memorial in St Mary’s Church, Bridport, Dorset, commemorating Henry Roberts d. 1802

Location

St Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF CHARLOTTE CARPENTER / ONLY CHILD OF THE LATE REVEREND ROBERTS / RECTOR OF KENSWORTH IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD / AND A RELICT OF THOMAS / SON OF THE LATE REVEREND WILLIAM CARPENTER / OF CHISELBORNE IN THIS COUNTY. SHE DIED ON THE 6TH OF FEBY 1818 AND LIES BURIED / IN THE CHURCHYARD NOT FAR FROM THIS PLACE. / ALSO OF HENRY ROBERTS / ELDEST SON OF THE SAID THOMAS AND CHARLOTTE CARPENTER / AGED ABOUT 14 YEARS / A MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD HMS SCOUT SLOOP OF WAR / WHICH FOUNDERED AT SEA IN NOVEMBER 1801 ON THE BANKS / OF NEWFOUNDLAND ON HER VOYAGE TO HALIFAX IN NOVA SCOTIA / WHEN ALL HANDS PERISHED. / ALSO OF WILLIAM / THE SECOND SON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON 17TH NOVEMBER 1797 AGED 8 YEARS / AND OF THREE OTHERS SONS / EDWARD THOMAS GEORGE AND SAMUEL /WHO DIED IN INFANCY. / THE REMAINS OF THE AFORESAID THOMAS CARPENTER / ARE INTERRED IN HIS FAMILY VAULT AT CHISELBORNE. / This tablet is erected in grateful recollection / of the affectionate solicitude for her children / which activated a fond Mother and humble Christian / to the last hours of her existence / by her youngest and only surviving Son / now a field officer in the Madras army and serving in the East Indies. / Bridport December 1851'

Details

Description: Stele, family crest ( demi lion rampant) above inscription.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Scout

People

Roberts, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1802
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Scout'. Foundered on Newfoundland Banks 1802 not 1801.

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF CHARLOTTE CARPENTER / ONLY CHILD OF THE LATE REVEREND ROBERTS / RECTOR OF KENSWORTH IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD / AND A RELICT OF THOMAS / SON OF THE LATE REVEREND WILLIAM CARPENTER / OF CHISELBORNE IN THIS COUNTY. SHE DIED ON THE 6TH OF FEBY 1818 AND LIES BURIED / IN THE CHURCHYARD NOT FAR FROM THIS PLACE. / ALSO OF HENRY ROBERTS / ELDEST SON OF THE SAID THOMAS AND CHARLOTTE CARPENTER / AGED ABOUT 14 YEARS / A MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD HMS SCOUT SLOOP OF WAR / WHICH FOUNDERED AT SEA IN NOVEMBER 1801 ON THE BANKS / OF NEWFOUNDLAND ON HER VOYAGE TO HALIFAX IN NOVA SCOTIA / WHEN ALL HANDS PERISHED. / ALSO OF WILLIAM / THE SECOND SON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON 17TH NOVEMBER 1797 AGED 8 YEARS / AND OF THREE OTHERS SONS / EDWARD THOMAS GEORGE AND SAMUEL /WHO DIED IN INFANCY. / THE REMAINS OF THE AFORESAID THOMAS CARPENTER / ARE INTERRED IN HIS FAMILY VAULT AT CHISELBORNE. / This tablet is erected in grateful recollection / of the affectionate solicitude for her children / which activated a fond Mother and humble Christian / to the last hours of her existence / by her youngest and only surviving Son / now a field officer in the Madras army and serving in the East Indies. / Bridport December 1851'",
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    "notes": "HMS 'Scout'. Foundered on Newfoundland Banks 1802 not 1801.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

St Cadoc's Church, Cadoxton, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Wall tablet at St Cadoc’s Church, Cadoxton, Vale of Glamorgan commemorating Herbert David Matthews d. 1890 in the loss of the SS ‘Highgate’

Location

St Cadoc's Church, Cadoxton, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving / memory of Herbert David / only and beloved son of / Kate & Matthew Matthews / who lost his life at sea / through collision of the / S.S. Highgate / on February 19th 1890 / Aged 21 years / Watch therefore for he knew / not what hour your Lord doth come.'

Details

Description: Oval wall tablet depicting a capsized ship.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Artists: L. Hooper
Vessel: SS Highgate

People

Matthews, Herbert David
Age: 21
Date of Death: 19/2/1890
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a transcript made by Mr Brian C Luxton in 1973 and published by Glamorgan Family History Society in 1983

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating James Akhurst and his family d. 1881 in the wreck of the SS ‘Clan Macduff’

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'IN/LOVING MEMORY OF / JAMES AKHURST / OF LEWISHAM / AND OF HIS TWO DAUGHTERS / ADA MARY AND ALICE MAUD / ALL OF WHOM PERISHED IN THE WRECK / OF SS CLAN MACDUFF / ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 20 1881 / THE BODIES OF ADA AND ALICE WERE RECOVERED / AND ARE HERE INTERRED.'

Details

Description: Triangular topped headstone, with curbs and evidence of chains.
Type: Gravestone
Position: North of North Avenue
Materials: Limestone
Vessel: SS Clan MacDuff

People

Akhurst, James
Age:
Date of Death: 20/10/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Akhurst, Ada Mary
Age:
Date of Death: 20/10/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Akhurst, Alice Maud
Age:
Date of Death: 20/10/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Clan Macduff' built 1870, ex 'City of Oxford', purchased by Clan Line in 1881 and sank the same year in bad weather off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 32 lives.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN/LOVING MEMORY OF / JAMES AKHURST / OF LEWISHAM / AND OF HIS TWO DAUGHTERS / ADA MARY AND ALICE MAUD / ALL OF WHOM PERISHED IN THE WRECK / OF SS CLAN MACDUFF / ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 20 1881 / THE BODIES OF ADA AND ALICE WERE RECOVERED / AND ARE HERE INTERRED.'",
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire commemorating Rear-Admiral Christopher Cradock d. 1914

Location

All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF REAR ADMIRAL SIR CHRISTOPHER CRADOCK / KILLED IN ACTION OFF CORONEL / ALL SAINTS DAY 1914. HIS BODY RESTS / IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN OF KEITH BARNES RECTOR OF CATTISTO[N] / BY WHOSE INSPIRATION THE EAST / WINDOE & REREDOS WERE ERECTED / AND OF ALBERT W.S. BARNES WITH / WHOM MANY HAPPY YEARS WERE / SPENT AT ST CATHERINES / MARY BARNES 1925'

Details

Type: Cross
Position: Centre of entrance path
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 1925

Event

Battle of Cape Coronel

Event Date

1914

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Cradock, Christopher
Age:
Date of Death: 1/11/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Erected in 1925 by Mary C. Barnes.
Recorder: David Saunders 1983
Photographer: Michael Parry 2009

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Richard Lethbridge d. 1838 in the loss of the ship ‘Nottingham

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Richard Lethbridge age 36 master of the ship Nottingham which vessel foundered at sea on her homeward voyage 1838 and all on board perished'

Details

Vessel: Nottingham

People

Lethbridge, Richard
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1838
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol 8, p. 623. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Memorial wall monument in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Edward Wortley Montagu d.1777

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'EDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGU / Qui ab Indis Orientalibus in Britanniam rediturus / Naufragus peruiit MDCCLXXVII, annum agens XXVII / In memoriam Amicitiae / Apud Scholam Regiam vicinam inchoatiae; / Oxonii contenter productae; / Magna parte Orbis interjecta non diminutae: / Morte vix abruptae; / coelis, si videatur Deo, renovandae / Monumentum hoc werigebat, / JED / Librorum praedicti Haeres, / et Residui Cohaeres Legatus'
[Translation] ‘This monument was erected to Edward Wortley Montagu, who was shipwrecked while returning to Britain from the East Indies in 1777 in his 27th year, by John English Dolmen, heir to the aforementioned Edward’s library, and his joint residuary legatee, in memory of a friendship which began at the neighbouring royal school [Westminster School], continued without interruption at Oxford, was not diminished though half the world lay between, was hardly broken even by death, and which, if it pleases god, shall be renewed in Heaven.'

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Description: Sarcophagus in relief above inscription tablet with a mourning female figure on the front and an urn on top. Cherubs head below inscription tablet.
Type: Wall monument
Position: West walk cloisters
Materials: Coade stone

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Montagu, Edward Wortley
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1777
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Unknown

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Bibliography: Alison Kelly 'Mrs Coade's stone' (Upton-upon-Severn, 1990).

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters